Bands of Power - Game thread

Unless someone says differently, I’m going to assume that Berith and Elspaeth follow Borgo and Thak?

Elspaeth’s lantern fully illuminates trap room as she enters it. The shattered skeletons lay where they fell and she can see the crossbows primed in their alcoves.

Lattremond follows up the rear, stopping near the open doorway near Borgo. He works quickly at his belly to free the two potions given him earlier and hands them off to Elspaeth, "Take these, I fear they might break or be lost if it comes to battle." Then he draws his own sword and stands ready facing into the partially shadowed end of the treasure room.

Elspaeth’s lantern casts enough light to illuminate both rooms from where she is just beyond the doors inside the TRAP room. Berith stands near her and Thak is just ahead of them. Those three are clustered within 10’ of the doors and within the bounds of the door frame.

L-man and Borgo stand about 5’ in side of the treasure room.

As if summoned by Borgo’s words, you all hear the creatures ululations change in pitch a they increase in volume. You know it’s now coming up the chute and much more quickly than Berith could have.
Its voices preceded it. Chatterings, laughter, gnashing teeth, babbling, howls all the possible noises you could imagine coming from beast or man assault not just your ears, but your minds.

The creature itself seems to spill up and out of the illusory floor into the room. It’s great slick bulk covered in myriad bawling drilling mouths, and blood shot eyes squinting in the light. It pours out and across the flagstones in glossy black jittering surges.

The horror is quite large, perhaps 10’ across at most, but it’s difficult to quantify the exact dimensions of its amorphous body. The edges surge in and out in pseudopods large and small and its height swells and collapses, but never higher than perhaps 3-4’.

The creature is within close of Borgo and Lattremond and within near of the rest of you.

Borgo stands just inside the room to the left in front of the closed door. L-man stands in front of the open doorway. There is easily enough room for Borgo to run past out for someone to push forwards.

Everyone needs to roll a Wisdom save against DC12 annd also roll a 1d8 with your action and any other rolls you make.

Borgo Begins to formulate a desperate plan, but he just can’t seem to, "…the noise!" The black viscous thing seems to grow before his very eyes. Its mouths full of fangs seeking his flesh! "How can he win against that!?"

Shrieking loudly in despair, Borgo bolts out of the room and towards the stairs leading to the exit. As the Goblin passes in front of the crossbow it fires and the bolt sinks into Borgo’s flank, knocking him stumbling to the side so that he collapses onto the top few steps down the stairway.

Light Sources:
Elspaeth - Lantern (10)


Initiative Order:
Borgo 0/3HP
Thak 3/7HP
Lattremond 4/5HP
BerIth 4/10HP
Elspeath 6/6HP
Unknown Horror from Below

The creatures cacophonous gibbering and horrible visage seem to have overwhelmed Borgo, who flees in terror. Thak, Berith and Elspaeth see the Goblin turn in terror and run past them screaming towards the stairwell and the into the path of the reloaded crossbow trap with unfortunate consequences. Its bolt strikes true and sends the Goblin to the ground where he lay sprawled near the left hand side of the top of the stairwell.

Thak is up! Remember your two rolls! Wisdom save bs DC12 and a separate roll of 1d8

Ciao @matmaisan, can you please roll for Borgo’s death timer? 1d4-1

As he sees his companion fall, Thak charges forwards and swipes awkwardly at an outstretched pseudopod. The blow lands and mouths squeal before it retracts into the main mass.

Lattremond grits his teeth and focuses his mind on the wailing death before him. His knees shake with fear, Thak comes forward to swipe at the thing, his shoulders sag even though his stance firms. Dropping his sword, he grabs Thak’s pack and attempts to push him bodily back out of the room.

Berith stands just behind the closed door, the creatures myriad cries rattling through her head like a thousand crazed echos. "My sword! The Goblin? Flee! Death! Valor before…?" Half formed ideas and impulses run through her mind but she can’t manage to turn any into action.

Lantern held close with one hand, one ear covered tightly with the other, Elspeath gawps at insanity manifest. There is confusion and fear burning brightly in her eyes. She can see the flailing abomination through the doorway. She can feel its loathsome gaze upon her. She shambles away so that it can’t see her and finds herself standing on the stairwell below Borgo, his bright red blood slowly running down the stairs.

Okay! Berith and Elspeath were both adversely affected by the creatures maddening voices and were unable to function properly. Berith is behind the door to the treasure room. Elspeath on the stairs.

Thak and L-man notice the darkness draw closer to them as Elspaeth moves down the stairway. The creature is still in view but much of the treasure room is in darkness now. They stand just in the door way, and L-man is busy trying to push him out. I’ll wait for how Thak responds to being man handled before finishing the round.